"In works of labour or of skillI would be busy too:For Satan finds some mischief stillFor idle hands to do."
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"Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation must form our judgment."
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"Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for God hath made them so."
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"The tulip and the butterfly Appear in gayer coats than I: Let me be dressed fine as I will, Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still."
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"How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower!"
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"The stars, that in their courses roll, Have much instruction given; But Thy good Word informs my soul How I may climb to Heaven."
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"For one drop calls another down, till we are drowned in seas of grief."
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"Affect not little shifts and subterfuges to avoid the force of an argument."
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"Tis the voice of the sluggard I heard him complain,You have wak'd me too soon, I must slumber again."
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"There's not a plant or flower below but makes Thy glories known, And clouds arise, and tempests blow by order from Thy throne; While all that borrows life from Thee is ever in Thy care; And everywhere that we can be, Thou, God art present there."
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"It is not to be expected that we should love God supremely if we have not known him to be more desirable than all other things."
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"Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden."
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"I love the soul that dares tread the temptations of his years beneath his youthful feet."
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"Not all the blood of beasts On Jewish altars slain, Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away the stain: But Christ, the heav'nly Lamb, Takes all our sins away, A sacrifice of nobler nam' And richer blood than they."
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"No science is speedily learned by the noblest genius without tuition."
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"Our life contains a thousand springs, And dies if one be gone. Strange! that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long."
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"Do not spend the day in gathering flowers by the way side, lest night come upon you before you arrive at your journey's end, and then you will not reach it."
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"To prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine."
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"So, when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns; And 't is a poor relief we gain To change the place, but keep the pain."
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"Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession."
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